Steven's Stories

Growing up in the Philippines, there was magic all around us. The tropical beaches, palm trees and coral reefs were breathtaking. The rice p...

Today is Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent. Many Christians take this time to give something up as they prepare for Holy Week a...

January 6 has been a fairly eventful day throughout history. In his novel Notre-Dame de Paris  (translated into English as The Hunchback of ...

I wrote the following as part of a collaboration in the All Things Broadway blog in December 2018. As it is no longer online, I don't ha...

This time of year, Christmas carols are everywhere you go! In the stores, in restaurants, at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ...

I started this blog several years ago, in part to post thoughts on Christmas carols. It's been a while since I've actually posted so...

Le nouveau-né (The Newborn) Georges de la Tour Oil on canvas 1645-1648 Hey, everyone! Jeanette! Isabella! Come on and visit th...

Said the night wind to the little lamb, "Do you see what I see?" Wait a minute. The night wind can see? It has eyes? This is int...

The rocks crunched under their feet. A young couple was on the road from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The man was leading the donkey carrying his...

All through the Old Testament, prophets kept repeating how something big was coming. A man would someday be born who would change everythin...

The French and German forces were facing off during the Franco-Prussian War. The fighting was fierce, when a lone French soldier jumped ...

The summer of 1944 was particularly eventful. On June 6, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on what would become known as D-Day. ...

Dashing down the beach 'Cause the sand's hot underfoot Must get to the sea Without stepping on jellyfish. I just made that ...

I was in elementary. We were learning new Christmas songs, and one of them had a Spanish name. I didn't know much Spanish at the time, b...